Eat, Drink, and Be Hopeful

Good Sunday Morning! My weekend is over, and its a very sad thought. I had off Friday and Saturday, and like I said before I had to pass on a weekend away with my girlfriends to help my parents move. The move went well and we did a lot of cleaning.

I took last week off from running (and working out ) and it felt good, but I was SO ready to get back into the routine of working out.

I stayed the night at my parents last night, and I went to bed super early, but I STILL did not want to wake up this morning. The weather has been so cold and rainy for the past 5 days, and it is REALLY hard to get motivated when it is like this. But I still peeled myself out of the sheets because I knew I had a free indoor gym that I could use to run. It was a no brainer, and I FORCED myself to work out.

My parents have a great gym in their condo with treadmills that have TV’s, ellipticals, and tons of weight machines. I knew I was scheduled for a 4 mile quick run according to my Workout Schedule so that is exactly what I did. Unfortunately I didn’t feel so great running today, but I still pushed through because I thought of how good I would feel once I was finished.

I started out with my daily mourning routine which I will start doing daily! This time I did it with my shoes on, and it made SUCH a difference. It was almost like having weights on my ankles.

• 3 sets of 20 reps-kneeling push-ups
• 2 sets of 60 reps-leg lifts/each leg

I proceeded to the treadmill where I completed 4 miles at a 1.5 incline in 37 minutes and walked for the last 3 minutes for a cool down. I didn’t really follow any specific speed plan, but I just ran around a 9:15 pace for the first 5 minutes and then anywhere between 8-8:50 pace for 30 minutes and back to 9:15 pace for the last few minutes to finish it out.

This wasn’t my best workout, but it definitely kick started me back on track, and to be honest I felt SO good afterwards. However I do have some bad news. Remember these shoes?

I was supposed to retire my old running shoes and start breaking these new ones in. I wore them this morning, and they still just don’t feel comfortable. I think they were the source of the foot pain I was having before. So I am going to take them back and hopefully get something that doesn’t make my foot hurt.

I got to work and finally started to feel hungry for breakfast. I brought a packet of Quaker Oats High Fiber Cinnamon and Spice Oatmeal. I also had a really ripe banana, so I mashed the banana in the oatmeal and heated it up with water.

HOLY YUM! This was spectacular. Creamy, and comforting, and oh so good. And there was 10g of Fiber in ONE packet. You can’t beat that!

Since I didn’t have time for coffee this morning Chris met me for a quick coffee break (so nice of him ) and of course we went to the local Starbucks. I was in the mood for a Pumpkin Spice Latte so I got a Grande Skim Pumpkin Spice with only 3 shots of Pumpkin instead of 4. I don’t like when it is so sweet.

This hit the spot! Thanks Chris! Since I have been gone all weekend, he brought me a small package that came for me on Friday.

My MOO cards from Foodbuzz! I was excited to get them because now I have something to give people when I tell them about my blog. They are a lot smaller then I expected, but I was still excited about them.

And I love how each one has a different picture of food on the back. It made me happy.

So there you have it. Working out, shoes, breakfast, coffee, and moo cards. Quite a Sunday so far. Now its time to work, and think about what I want to make for dinner.

I’m thinking Turkey Chili because this is the perfect weather for chili. I plan to peruse some recipes today as well as set up Google Reader. I’m so behind the times!

Catch up with you later!